Former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy ,Jr., who is poised to step into a new role in the upcoming President-elect Donald Trump administration, said on Wednesday that “entire departments” within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “have to go” because they are not serving their intended purpose.

“In some categories … there are entire departments, like the nutrition department at the FDA … that have to go, that are not doing their job, they’re not protecting our kids,” Kennedy told MSNBC.

After initially running in the 2024 presidential race as a Democrat and then as an independent, Kennedy dropped out and endorsed then-GOP nominee Trump in August. It was widely reported at the time that Kennedy did so with the understanding that his endorsement carried with it the promise of a job if Trump won the election.

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